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サウンドノベルサウンド・ノベル
1. [n] {video games,trademark} Source lang: eng(wasei)
《orig. a series of games developed by Chunsoft》
▶ sound novel
▶ [expl] text-based adventure game with music and sound effects



History:
5. A 2021-09-29 22:41:00  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Yes.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<lsource ls_wasei="y"/>
4. A 2021-09-29 20:34:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Wasei?
3. A* 2021-09-29 20:11:23  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/サウンドノベル
https://www.giantbomb.com/sound-novel/3015-9258/
  Comments:
According to Wikipedia, visual novels evolved from sound novels. The former has a stronger focus on visuals.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<field>&vidg;</field>
+<field>&tradem;</field>
+<s_inf>orig. a series of games developed by Chunsoft</s_inf>
@@ -14,2 +16 @@
-<gloss>visual novel</gloss>
-<gloss>interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">text-based adventure game with music and sound effects</gloss>
2. A 2016-09-10 13:07:46  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2016-09-01 04:43:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/サウンドノベル N-grams: 47915
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel (sound novel redirects here)

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